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A SPLASHED ‘JUN’ BOWL
SONG / JIN DYNASTY
the deep # aring sides rising to a slightly incurved
rim, covered overall in a rich sky-blue glaze
punctuated with a vivid crimson-purple splash
on the interior, draining to a dark-brown # ecked
mushroom tone at the rim, the underside liberally
glazed in a bubble-su< used pale lavender
transmuting to sky-blue at base, stopping in an
uneven line above the neatly knife-pared foot
unglazed revealing the bu< -orange body
Diameter 6⅞ in., 17.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Frank Caro, New York.
$ 8,000-12,000
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A ‘JUN’ CENSER
NORTHERN SONG / JIN DYNASTY
the compressed globular body raised on three
short tapered legs, the waisted neck rising to an
everted rim, covered overall with an unctuous
greenish lavender-blue glaze, thinning at the rim
to a pale mushroom tone, the tips of the feet left
unglazed, Japanese wood box (3)
Width 5⅝ in., 14.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London.
English Private Collection (by repute).
$ 15,000-20,000
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Bluett & Sons Ltd.dࡐ౱
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